Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

I don't aspire it to smell like anything, i'm just repeating what other people have said. I've tried it & like it (esp the dry down), but I don't really get any skank from it.

I'm not sure what comments you have seen. "Skank" to me implies a foul odor; unpleasant. What I find and have seen from others is that it has a bit of a similarity to female odorata sexualis which is not "skanky," and especially nice and arousing.

There are some men that find that scent unpleasant and would call it "skank." There are others who would call it heavenly. I do not equate the smell of female genatalia with "skank."

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

Originally Posted by donna255

Ten sprays, and I get a dry herbal opening.

TEN sprays!?!?! Wow I Love AS but can't imagine going to any confined space smaller than a football field with that much on. I mean *I* would like it, but I think those around me would either molest me or run away in horror (maybe in that order).

I don't get the skankiness you speak of, but I do remember disliking AS the very first time I tried it, but a few hours later I could not stop sniffing my wrist. It is in my top 5 for sure and now I love every aspect of this frag.

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

The middle notes of Ambre Sultan is kind of skanky...smells like sexy ladies cootchies... but if you really want fine cootchie smelling fragrance... Amber Absolute by Tom Ford Private Blend... that one is just Royal Cootchie written all over it... I love sniffing the outside bottle of my Amber Absolute 5 ml sample... it's just a gorgeous sexy cootchie smell... awesome!!!!

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

I don't think of the word "skanky" as necessarily negative when people are discussing fragrances. I've heard lots of people, including Katie Puckrik, say things like, "a bit of skankiness" as part of a positive review of a fragrance. I think MKK is pretty skanky, which is one of the reasons I love it.

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

Originally Posted by Candide

Absolutely. I just wondered why the word was used in such close context with female genitalia.

I guess it depends on what your definition of skanky is. I'd describe skanky (esp in the context of a fragrance) as sexual bodily aromas. Different from a dirty smell in which I would put civety, fecal, bad breath, non-sexual type of aromas.

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

Originally Posted by Sol invictus

I guess it depends on what your definition of skanky is. I'd describe skanky (esp in the context of a fragrance) as sexual bodily aromas. Different from a dirty smell in which I would put civety, fecal, bad breath, non-sexual type of aromas.

Yeah, I think my "problem" might be addressed as "lost in translation". :-)

Re: Ambre Sultan skankiness

Originally Posted by Sol invictus

I guess it depends on what your definition of skanky is. I'd describe skanky (esp in the context of a fragrance) as sexual bodily aromas. Different from a dirty smell in which I would put civety, fecal, bad breath, non-sexual type of aromas.

Well indeed depends on translation of "skanky." The word skank in US is generally applied to a woman that is more than a little promiscuous which generally implies some issues with hygiene.

In fragrance terms, perhaps it can generally mean "a little bit of dirty." But having known and loved many strong and intelligent women, I do look out for language usage that is misogynistic.

Sol: I do not believe you meant it in a disparaging way. But there are many men who would equate any notation of a scent evoking the scent of female gentalia as bad, foul or perhaps "skanky."